Your Apple HomePod might be value a fortune…

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Apple’s discontinued authentic HomePod may properly be value greater than you first paid for it on eBay, if it is in the precise situation that’s.

First noted by Likelihood Miller on Twitter, Apple’s HomePod is at the moment being listed on eBay for nearly double what it was initially offered for, and properly over double its revised $299 worth level.

Apple debuted the HomePod in 2018, and described it as a breakthrough wi-fi speaker for Airplay and management with Siri. Nonetheless, its excessive worth level and the truth that you wanted two to benefit from the full constancy of stereo pairing and residential leisure meant that it struggled to promote. Certainly, Apple discontinued the machine final yr however it took one other three months to promote out within the U.S. Many shoppers reported receiving HomePod’s made within the authentic 2018 manufacturing facility run when shopping for greater than two and even three years later.

Nonetheless, as Miller notes, some persons are itemizing HomePod’s on eBay for nearly double its authentic worth, and these aren’t fanciful listings both. A fast look at eBay’s offered listings reveals that model new HomePod’s in sealed situation are fetching as a lot as $700, together with listings offered as not too long ago as April 5.

Based on The Verge, the typical worth of the HomePod (minus “costly sealed-box outliers) is $350, nearly $100 greater than the typical offered worth this time final yr.

Apple’s HomePod mini stays probably the greatest AirPlay 2 audio system you should purchase in 2022, however clearly its huge brother continues to be common sufficient that it’s fetching eye-watering costs on-line. Simply do not all go promoting your HomePods without delay to break the market.